Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously?

I'd buy a mint top of the line Sansui TT from the 70's just to look at it !Most Beautiful HiFi gear of any type I ever saw.

Schubert.
Ah yes. For me it was the SR-929.
A work of visual art.

I just did a power cord replacement on my TT101. Sorry that I didn't take pics, but here is what I did:
- I bought an IEC power cord extender - it has male and female IEC ends.
- cut off and discarded the male end - circumcision but less painful
- left about 12" of cord - sufficient for my purpose
- stripped and tinned all three wires
- removed the steel basket and took off the cord pass- thru
- freed the small circuit board where the power cord attaches
- tried to unsolder the two wires but was unable so I clipped them closely
- soldered the power and neutral wires of the new line in place - no order required as shown by the original plug having equal sized blades.
- used a close-by brass circuit bd stand-off to squeeze the ground wire tightly against the chassis.
- wrapped the cord like it was originally so that the male IEC socket sticks out the back when I put the basket back on.
Now I am using a good, shielded, grounded power cord for the TT.
Life is Good.
Gary

Richardkrebs, just so !
I had the SR-929 in my minds eye as I typed the post.
It sounded very good as well.

CT, The nice thing is, my Alfa does not have to be so reliable, as I will not be relying on it except for the occasional spin on local roads. But I do expect it will be more reliable than the TT101 has been so far. FWIW, I owned a Duetto for six years whilst living in NYC with no garage. It never failed me for one second during that time, through rain, snow, sleet, and parking outside.

Bulletin on the TT101. Long ago I had observed that mine works most reliably when the tach is set to "Run", where you see the speed go from zero to 33.33, over and over again. Since I had been getting cocky about its reliability, I set it to the "Hold" option the other day, just for masochistic reasons. I find that it's not so dead nuts reliable when the tach is set to Hold, as it has been on Run. This may be an indicator of where to look for bad solder joints or broken wires, but that's for another day, since it's fine on Run. I am mounting an FR64S and a Koetsu Urushi. Stay tuned.

Has anyone had any direct experience of the new PBN plinth-ed Denon tt's? The plinth is certainly beautiful and looks well designed.